I Cant Watch Anymore: The Case for Dropping Equestrian from the Olympic Games Taylor Julie
I Cant Watch Anymore: The Case for Dropping Equestrian from the Olympic Games Taylor Julie 'Catalogues what happens to sport horses in plain sight ... Shell federations with no riders or horses,…
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I Cant Watch Anymore: The Case for Dropping Equestrian from the Olympic Games Taylor Julie
'Catalogues what happens to sport horses in plain sight ... Shell federations with no riders or horses, propped up to make the sport seem 'global'. should be compulsory reading for all of us who care about horses.' - Professor Paul McGreevy BVSc, PhD, FRCVS; author, Equine BehaviourPassionate, yet rigorous and meticulously researched, this eye-opening book holds equestrian sport up to Olympic standards and finds it sadly wanting.Doping agents that used to cost Olympic medals, rebranded as benign 'medication'.
From the myth of gender equality, to the failure to prevent rollkur, to the easing of the 'blood rule' to appease riders, to horses competing with the nerves in their legs cut to numb the pain of injuries: this is a tale of entitlement, privilege, and spineless regulation, always at Judging that favours spectacle over the rules.